human power rocks. enjoy the ride.
Man, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged… I’ve been busy and I guess there just hasn’t been much news of interest to report. Until just now.
It seems that the 24 hour human powered vehicle record from 2006 in Eureka, CA was picked up by the editors of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book [...]
I received two certificates in the mail today from Guinness World Records. One for my HPV 24 hour distance record and the other for the pedal boat 24 hour distance record.
I used to read the Guinness book of world records when I was a kid and I always fantasized about making into the record books. [...]
Hello everyone – I have some really great news:
1. Guinness World Records recognizes my HPB and HPV records!
2. Brand new Adventures of Greg web site
3. Pedal the Ice Cap – a new adventure!
4. “Human Power Rocks” weekly video web cast
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1. Guinness World Records recognizes my HPB and HPV records!
I have been working through the Guinness [...]
Ben has been making great progress on the new SolidWorks CriticalPower simulator for Wired Magazines NEXTfest show and also for our new season of KidPower presentations. Critical Power will be on display in the “future of transportation” pavilion at Nextfest from Sept 13 to 16.
We purchased a cheap recumbent exercise bike to use as a [...]
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Popular Science Magazine called me shortly after the record and expressed interest in featuring a photo of Critical Power in the October, 2006 issue. They needed a higher resolution version of the side-view image of me in the Critical Power frame by the end of the day. I got my sister in-law Jennifer [...]
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Sept 5
September 5, 2006
Human Powered Vehicle 24 hour distance record
I’m sorry this has taken so long – we’ve had such a busy summer. Before I get into the HPV record report with new photos and videos, here is a quick recap on the summer of 06:
Looking backWhat a summer it has been! Wow. Definitely one for [...]
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July 19
July 19, 2006
“No human has travelled further under their own power in one day than Greg Kolodziejzyk.”
It’s a bold statement, but that’s basically what it comes down to. We started the clock at about 9:15 am on Wednesday, July 19th and finished at the exact same time on Thursday, July 20th travelling 1046.94 km [...]
Read More...July 11
July 11, 2006
24 hour attempt in the news, wind worries, and some last minute details.
Ben Eadie designed the Critical Power fairing body using a computational flow dynamics components of a CAD application called SolidWorks. Somehow Solidworks corporation found out about Critical Power and the record attempt and they issued a press release that got [...]
Read More...July 9
July 9, 2006
STREETliner practice, and the record attempt in less than 10 days!
I’ve been riding Critical Power Streetliner quite a bit – especially when it’s windy and it’s ALWAYS windy in Calgary. Except recently, of course. It’s been very calm, so I haven’t had any really great chances to practice handling the streamliner while getting [...]
Read More...July 4
June 4, 2006
A speed and watts test with the Critical Power Streetliner, my 400 km training ride, and a new HPV hour record!
I got a chance to get out to my standard highway 22 out and back run for a speed and watts test with the Critical Power Streetliner. It is a steady [...]
Read More...June 26
June 26, 2006
162 speed M5 and Critical Power Streetliner doors and foot holes.
My trusty M5 has been upgraded to a 162 speed with the installation of a Shimano XT 9 speed mid drive (jack shaft, intermediary drive, intermediate drive, or a whateveryouwanttocallit drive). The reason is mostly because with the standard gearing set-up and [...]
Read More...June 22
June 22, 2006
A record attempt date is set for July 19th at Redwood Acres race track in Eureka CA, PR 4.5 hour century training ride and some thoughts about good HPV record tracks.
A date has been set, and the Redwood Acres race track in Eureka California has been booked For July 19th, 2006. Al and [...]
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June 13
June 13, 2006
Introducing the Critical Power Streetliner – an everyday driver, ’streetable’ streamliner.
I’ve been feeling kind of apprehensive regarding the likelihood of matching a windless day with my planned attempt at the 24 hour distance record in Eureka California. I’ve been watching the weather there and haven’t found one single 24 hour windless period in [...]
Read More...June 7
June 7, 2006
Harmonicycling, RAAM and plumbing.
Harmonicycling
During our long drive to and from Opelika, Alabama for my first attempt at the 24 hour distance record, Ben and I had plenty of time to chat in the car. On our route down, I mentioned that I always wanted to learn how to play a harmonica. On [...]
June 3
June 3, 2006
The Art of Roadie Hunting
I am having a blast training these days. Now that Critical Power is in another country, I can’t tinker with it, so all I have to do is train my ass off.
My super long ride is up to 10 hours – a nice ride from Banff to Radium [...]
May 26
May 26, 2006
CriticalPower speedbike on the track in Eureka, CA
A high bandwidth version of this video is available here
The road trip to Eureka, CA was a blast! My good friend John Mackay kept me laughing for most of the 20 hour drive we did in two days.
We left Calgary on Saturday morning and made [...]
Read More...May 19
May 19, 2006
The speed machine from outer-space!
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I think we sort of messed up Bob’s spectacular paint job a bit… He didn’t have time to wet sand it, so he gave me instructions. Since I’ve never done this before, I was hesitant, but we had to sand down the orange peel, so I [...]
May 16
May 16, 2006
Sweet!!!
The CriticalPower streamliner fairing shells came back from the painters today and they look FANTASTIC! Bob Douglas did a bang-up job staying up until 2:00 am last night just to finish shooting the final clear coat. He spent quite a bit of time with high build epoxy primer sanding and spraying and [...]
Read More...May 11
May 11, 2006
Re-worked landing gear
I pulled the landing gear apart the other day to see what it would take to extend it by about 1/2 “. The reason is that if I ‘land’ with all of my weight to the right, CriticalPower ‘could’ tip right over the landing gear wheel. It’s not quite extended [...]
May 9
May 9, 2006
Training update, Discovery Channel, nanotechnology laminar flow polish, Eureka California race track test and tune day, a very slick ShapeLock cell phone holder, new iPod and some gearing changes.
My training is going well so far. Jason had me do a 20 minute maximum power test the other day. It was the first [...]
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